does mark farrell have the right experience to shake up city hall? in nearly ten years as supervisor, mark grew the bureaucracy by authorizing or creating a commission almost every year. he rubber stamped hundreds of millions to homeless nonprofits with zero accountability and orchestrated a pay-to-play scheme that sold out taxpayers to the highest bidder. mark farrell has all the wrong experience for the change we need. >> this is a ferocious hurricane. >> norah: tonight, hurricane milton barrels toward florida as a powerful category 5

storm, explosively intensifying as parts of the southeast are still cleaning up from deadly hurricane helene. >> i'm worried about now projectiles. i am going to board up my house. >> norah: marking one year since hamas attacked israel, changing the world. tonight, the survivors and families of the nearly 100 hostages still held in gaza. >> this safe is life-saving. >> without a doubt. >> norah: tonight's "eye on america," how safes can help veterans across the country. >> we are already the greatest nation and we could be so much better. >> norah: the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us as we get new information about a monster storm targeting florida's gulf coast, and this is the second in two weeks. hurricane milton exploded in strength today with winds topping 180 miles per hour.

it is now expected to make landfall late wednesday or early thursday. check out this ominous view of milton today from the international space station. forecasters say if it stays on its current track, this will be the worst storm to hit the tampa area in more than a century. florida's governor declared an emergency for much of the state warning residents, especially those vulnerable to its potential 15-foot surge of seawater to evacuate as soon as possible. look at this. the roads already jammed. now, all this as many floridians are still recovering from the impact of hurricane helene just 11 days ago. we'll get to the new storm track in a moment here we begin with cbs's tom hanson in tampa. good evening, tom. >> reporter: hey, norah. good evening to you. talking about the storm surge that you mentioned, if that were to hit right where i'm standing, i would be well under water. take a look at tampa from above. you can see that the city is surrounded by inlets just like this one. once the storm hits, all of that

water has to go somewhere. as milton menaces florida, millions are under mandatory evacuation orders. >> this is the storm of the century. >> reporter: now the west coast of florida is bracing for another life-threatening storm just 11 days after helene. it's expected to make landfall in tampa, and nearly half the city is being told to get out. >> i can't put my officers' lives in danger to come out for somebody that didn't evacuate in the peak of the storm surge. so take the heed and evacuate now. >> reporter: with the state of emergency declared in 51 counties, residents are once again assembling their emergency kits and gathering supplies. waiting in long lines for sandbagging and even longer lines for gas. cbs news was at tampa general hospital, the only level 1 trauma center in the area, as this wall was installed before hurricane helene. that barrier protected the hospital from 4 feet of flooding but milton could bring up to 15 feet.

>> we have layers of protections that we are going through, but it's still a little bit nerve-racking to prepare for something like this with the current projection. >> i'm cristian benavides on north reddington beach, a barrier island community where debris from hurricane helene still lines the streets. here they are going from cleaning up to bracing for impact. >> reporter: across the county, communities are getting ready. in this st. petersburg neighborhood, more than 80% of homes were flooded by helene's historic storm surge. what does your neighborhood look like right now? >> it looks like a war zone. it's really sad. people have lost everything. you can see their memories sitting on the side of the road. and it's just decimated. >> reporter: officials are worried debris, loose pieces of wood and metal, could clog storm drains and turn into dangerous projectiles when milton links landfall. here in north redington beach, entire homes were engulfed by the ocean during hurricane helene.

now residents like john davis are worried about what's next. >> well, i hope it's not going to directly hit here. that's my hope. >> reporter: but if it does? >> if it does, i think it's going to have devastating effects. >> reporter: not long ago, we heard sirens going off, meaning that everyone here needs to get out now. we are under a hurricane warning, a storm surge warning. and here, under a mandatory evacuation order. norah? >> norah: cristian benavides, to see those pictures, my goodness. and tom hanson, thank you both for being here. now for the forecast, cbs's lonnie quinn has got some new information about milton's track and the timing. lonnie, what are you seeing? >> i see a monster. i think this is the biggest storm any of us have potentially ever seen, at least one of the biggest we've ever seen. you know it's huge when the picture behind me shows key largo, 600 miles from where the storm is, and it's terrible out there. if you look at the vantage point from high up above, and we look

down on our country, watch this. the storm, just like helene, is filling up the entire gulf of mexico. this storm is bigger. look at the stats. this is stuff that just came in. not only is it a category 5, went from a 1 to a 5 in a matter of hours, it just got stronger. winds are blowing at 180 miles per hour. the strongest we've ever recorded in the atlantic basin, hurricane alan back in 1980, had 190-mile-per-hour winds. i see more warm water ahead. this could actually strengthen. i think it can weaken before it comes on shore as of 4 or 3 late wednesday, early thursday. take a look at how all eyes on tampa, florida. look at the spaghetti models. we've got a lot to choose from. right now, it's showing a true track, about 90% are in line with it coming right into tampa. zoom in tight there. you need to look at this. if it goes right where my foot is, it would be just north of tampa but that would put all the storm surge into tampa and tampa bay is directly under that

number 48. it would be, i used this analogy before, it's like the water has nowhere to go. like taking a gallon of water and pouring it into a dixie cup. you're going to fill it up and it will bubble up and bubble up and bubble up. for everybody in that area, if this holds true, it's the worst storm you've ever seen, norah. >> norah: this storm is a beast. lonnie quinn, thank you for explaining that. now to this story, one year ago today, hamas launched its brutal october 7th terrorist attack, killing more than 1200 people and kidnapping 250 more. about 100 are still in captivity, including seven israeli americans. the world has changed so much since that day. israel is now fighting hamas in gaza, hezbollah in lebanon and iran. today president biden and the first lady marked the occasion by lighting a candle in a small white house ceremony. in a statement, the president condemned what he called a vicious surge in anti-semitism in america and around the world. meanwhile, thousands are participating in pro-palestinian protests across the globe including this one in

new york city. cbs's elizabeth palmer reports tonight from hostages square in tel aviv on the horrors of the attack and the unresolved conflict. >> reporter: just after dawn, hamas terrorists shot their way out of gaza through the border and into israel. they stormed the nova music festival, murdering and kidnapping young people, and went on a killing spree on nearby kibbutzim. israel responded, first by bombing gaza and then by sending in ground forces. the mission: to destroy hamas and rescue the hostages. a year later, neither has been accomplished. so on this anniversary, with 97 hostages abducted on october 7th still in gaza, there is no closure. israelis are remembering victims and mourning the missing. >> for a lot of people, it's been a year.

for us, it feels like a week. >> reporter: hamas terrorists murdered dvir rosenfeld's sister hadar and her husband itai but spared their twin baby boys. norah o'donnell met them last year. >> norah: 14 hours, the twins were alone. >> yeah. and we got messages from the neighbors. they heard the twins crying. >> reporter: how are the twins? >> they are all right. they are all right. they are healthy. they're happy. it's been a year. so they're walking and running and talking. >> reporter: but dvir, determined the twins live free from the trauma of that day, is still trapped in it himself. do you go over and over those hours in your mind? >> every day. what happened or didn't happen. why. sometimes it's the decisions

i made. >> reporter: you are torturing yourself. >> i wish i could control it. i can't. >> reporter: moran yanai was held hostage by hamas for 54 days before being let go in a prisoner exchange. >> you're in the daily fear of being raped, being beaten, being killed. >> reporter: in captivity, she was submissive, even friendly, playing cards with her captors. how do you reflect on yourself and the way you behaved and had to behave to survive? does it haunt you? >> no. not even a bit. >> reporter: are you proud of yourself? >> very proud of myself. every single day. 'cause i won. >> reporter: but overall, norah, israel has lost so much and so have the palestinians. that's something we will explore tomorrowwith my colleague inside gaza.

>> norah: elizabeth palmer in tel aviv, thank you. back here in the u.s., the war in the middle east is unavoidably a factor in the presidential election. we get more now from cbs's nancy cordes. >> reporter: former president trump marked october 7th at a gravesite in queens, new york, while in washington, vice president harris planted a pomegranate tree, a symbol of hope in the jewish faith. >> it will remind us all not to abandon the goal of peace, dignity, and security for all. >> reporter: but even on this solemn day, the campaigning crept in. trump insisting on a radio show that if he had been president last october, he somehow could have prevented the surprise massacre. >> it would never have happened, guaranteed. even democrats admit it. i saw some congressman the other day he said that never would've happened. >> reporter: harris is in the middle of a media blitz with appearances on "the view," "the howard stern show" and

"the late show with stephen colbert" all slated to air in the next 36 hours. in an interview for "60 minutes" airing tonight, harris was pressed on the plans which include a $50,000 tax break for start-ups. >> small businesses are part of the backbone of america's economy. >> pardon me, madam vice president, the question was how are you going to pay for it? >> one of the things is i'm going to make sure that the richest among us who can afford it pay their fair share in taxes. >> reporter: "60 minutes" was planning to interview trump as well, but he backed out last week. a new analysis from the nonpartisan committee for a responsible federal budget finds that both candidates' plans would add to the debt, though trump's could cost twice as much thanks in part to his proposed tariffs on foreign goods. >> just go out and vote. get everybody and vote. >> reporter: at a rally in wisconsin last night, he

suggested his supporters might hurt any harris backers in their midst. >> is there anybody here that's going to vote for lyin' kamala? don't raise your hand. it would be very dangerous. we don't want to see anyone get hurt. >> reporter: a short time ago, harris called trump out for spreading misinformation about the response to hurricane helene. according to a cbs count,trump has falsely claimed at least 15 times that fema is either ignoring victims or diverting funds elsewhere. norah. >> norah: nancy cordes, thank you. looking forward to tonight's "60 minutes" to see more. every vote counts in battleground north carolina. how the storm ravaged that state and they are now tweaking some election rules in the aftermath. that's next. that's next. sia, or td. so her doctor prescribed austedo xr—

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>> norah: finally, tonight's "heart of america," two scientists whose groundbreaking research earned them the nobel prize in medicine. professors victor ambros and gary ruvkun's research on worms uncovered micro rna and could someday open up new pathways for developing medicine, including treatments for cancer. so, professors victor ambros and gary ruvkun, they are tonight's "heart of america." congratulations. that's tonight's "cbs evening news." i'm norah o'donnell. see you right back >it's a battlefield. my kibbutz. it's a battle. >> my kibbutz, we had 19 people brutally murdered. >> it's been one year since

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